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City of Berkeley Files Petition for Rehearing of Circuit Court’s Sweeping and Radical Anti-electrification Ruling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 City of Berkeley files petition for rehearing of circuit court’s sweeping and radical anti-electrification ruling Wrong and consequential opinion by three-judge panel threatens to undo much more than Berkeley’s historic electrification ordinance BERKELEY, CA. – In response to a fundamentally flawed and sweeping opinion from a three-judge panel…
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Statement: Berkeley Police Accountability and Chief Appointment
Thank you all for your robust and passionate public comment at this week’s Council meeting on police accountability and, in particular, the role of the Police Accountability Board (PAB). Our PAB, whose independence from the City Manager is enshrined in our Charter, asked in November, 2022 and again this April that we delay the appointment…
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Statement: Ninth Circuit Decision in CRA v. City of Berkeley re: Ordinance Prohibiting Natural Gas In New Buildings
In a time when the habitability of the planet hangs in the balance, I’m disappointed that a panel of the Ninth Circuit endorsed such a radical theory. I intend to ask our City Attorney to continue fighting this case, including asking for a rehearing en banc before a larger panel of Ninth Circuit judges. The…